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Wait! Wait! Mama!

Composer
Librettist
Opera
Night Trip (2020)
Score

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Performances
Voice Type
Mezzo-Soprano
Character
Conchetta, 16-year-old Black woman
Description

Conchetta is thrilled to go “home” to see her relatives—her grandmother, her aunts, her “play aunts.” She sings about the rough world of the big city and longs for the small town life in Tennessee.

Length
4'
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